This fast-moving, agile species is active much of the day. After warming in the morning sun, it searches for lizards, young snakes, pocket mice, reptile eggs. It can tolerate higher temperatures than most other snakes and is able to search out lizards active during parts of the day when other snakes are in retreats.

description 22-45" (56-114.3 cm). Slender gray or grayish-tan snake with wide triangle-shaped rostral scale curved back over snout. Broad beige or yellow to brownish-orange back stripe bordered by dark side stripes. 9 upper lip scales, 1 or 2 sometimes reach eye. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Anal plate divided.

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